LIVERPOOL have been fined for their ill-discipline in their controversial defeat to Tottenham.
The Merseysiders suffered a 2-1 loss to Spurs last Saturday and ended the match with NINE men after Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota were given their marching orders.
The Reds received a total of seven bookings during their trip to North London, with assistant manager Peter Krawietz also going into the referee’s book.
And as such, The FA have fined the Kop club for their indiscipline.
The Reds have been slapped with a £25,000 sanction for their “ill-discipline” at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, according to The Liverpool Echo.
Clubs are liable to the sanction if they receive six or more bookings in a match.
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister also faces the prospect of being punished for suggesting referee Simon Hooper was a 12th man for Spurs on social media.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp was hit with a two-match ban last season after accusing referee Paul Tierney of bias during their 4-3 win over Spurs.
The FA’s punishing of the Reds for failing to control their players only adds to the misery they endured in their ill-fated trip to the capital.
On-the-field ref Hooper and VAR Darren England wrongly ruled out Luis Diaz‘s 34th-minute strike for offside.
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Things went from bad to worse a mere two minutes later when Son Heung-Min fired Spurs into the lead.
The Professional Game Match Officials Limited acknowledged England’s howler and axed him from his VAR duties for yesterday’s match between Nottingham Forest and Brentford.
Liverpool issued a scathing statement on the incident on Sunday night and vowed to escalate the matter.
It read: “Liverpool Football Club acknowledges PGMOL’s admission of their failures last night.
“It is clear that the correct application of the laws of the game did not occur, resulting in sporting integrity being undermined.
“We fully accept the pressures that match officials work under but these pressures are supposed to be alleviated, not exacerbated, by the existence and implementation of VAR.
“It is therefore unsatisfactory that sufficient time was not afforded to allow the correct decision to be made and that there was no subsequent intervention.
“That such failings have already been categorised as “significant human error” is also unacceptable.
“Any and all outcomes should be established onECly by the review and with full transparency.
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“This is vital for the reliability of future decision-making as it applies to all clubs with learnings being used to make improvements to processes in order to ensure this kind of situation cannot occur again.
“In the meantime, we will explore the range of options available, given the clear need for escalation and resolution.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
